The PET scans have been clear since he started on Keytruda in June 2017. If it wasn't for all the damage done by surgeries and radiation before we started a systemic approach, he would be in fairly good shape. However, we tried everything else in an attempt to save the kidney.

In summer 2016, they discontinued the transplant drugs because the immuno-suppression was feeding the cancer. We knew it was only a matter of time before the kidney failed. He began dialysis in March 2017 and the Keytruda finished it off in June. I thank God for the Keytruda. He would be gone otherwise.